PART 2Amendment of the National Health Service (Local Pharmaceutical Services etc.) Regulations 2006

New regulation 16A

33.  After regulation 16, insert the following regulation—

Proceedings with regard to overridden arrangements during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services

16A.  Where, during an emergency requiring the flexible provision of pharmaceutical services, arrangements for the provision of local pharmaceutical services are overridden by temporary arrangements—

(a)any proceedings with regard to the overridden arrangements are unaffected by that overriding (although they may need to be stayed during the emergency for other reasons); and

(b)if as a result of those proceedings, the overridden arrangements require amendment before the end of the temporary arrangements, when the emergency ends, the reversion to the overridden arrangements shall be to the overridden arrangements as amended as a result of those proceedings..